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4. Practical tools for speeding-up the PhD process Part II

4. Practical tools for speeding-up the PhD process Part II. Prof. Jerzy Cieślik Kozminski University. Our focus. Practical tools and methods. Positioning your PhD on the Map of (Management) Science Defining your core level and immediate upper level

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4. Practical tools for speeding-up the PhD process Part II

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  1. 4. Practical tools for speeding-up the PhD process Part II Prof. Jerzy Cieślik Kozminski University

  2. Ourfocus

  3. Practicaltools and methods • Positioning your PhD on the Map of (Management) Science • Defining your core level and immediate upper level • 5 x 5 matrics for research field mapping (Global and Polish) • Core/upper level „state of the art” preview • Core literature review template • Your first published academic paper • PhD time allocation and business plan template • PhD readiness checklist

  4. Core/upperlevel „State of the Art” Review • Overcoming vicious circle of ignorance • Attempt to identify most recent papers written by gurus • Check Online first journal papers • Look for most recent Working Papers • Look for conference papers addressing your core subject containing good literature review • TASK:Select very limited number of „state of theart” papers (1-3) and invest in thoroughunderstanding the content

  5. Search for „State of the Review Paper How it works – real-life case • Kozminski PHD student exploresthenarrow field of management issuesinthe pharmaceutical industry • Finds a paper: Sushmita A. Narayana, RupeshKumarPati, PremVrat, (2012) "Research on management issuesinthe pharmaceutical industry: a literature review", International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing, Vol. 6 Iss: 4, pp.351 – 375 • Authorsreviewed 304 papersfrom 48 academicjournals • Theyarebasedin India • Leadauthoris a PHD student! Sushmita A. Narayana is a student pursuing the Fellow Programme in Management(equivalentto PhD) in the IndianInstitute of Management Kozhikode, India.

  6. Tasks • Positioningyour PHD on the Map of Science – individualpresentations (16.11.2013) • The 5 X 5 matrics: Global and Polishperspective • State of theartpreview • Select very limited number of „state of theart” papers (1-3) and invest in thoroughunderstanding of the content

  7. Arriving at the viable PhD concept • Identify pool of promising PhD subjects • Conduct initial literature review • Concepts, methodologies • Empirical research techniques • Check data availability!

  8. Access to empirical data • PhD thesis in Management without conducting empirical analysis – very seldom • Access to data - key criterion for a viable PhD subject • Check how researchers in other countries addressed this problem (sources of data and methods of analysis, variables, etc) • Do NOTdelayinitialchecking of data sources • Smart solutions – entrepreneurialalertness

  9. PHD conceptflexibility - PIVOT • To turn quickly on your feet so that you face in the opposite direction (Longman) • The ability  to radically change the initial business concept upon confrontation with the market conditions • Access to data - key criterion for a viable PhD subject

  10. PIVOT inpractice Checking data availability Initial literature review

  11. Entrepreneurial Alertness in identifying a viable PHD subject Classic approach PHD subject Data availability Smart approach PHD subject Data availability

  12. Smart solution I DimensionalizingCultures: TheHofstede Model Culture differences among nations can be defined and measured by: 1. Power Distance 2. Uncertainty Avoidance 3. Individualism versus Collectivism 4. Masculinity versus Femininity 5. Long Term versus Short Term Orientation 6. Indulgence versus Restraint

  13. Smart solution I: Howithappened? • In the 1970s Geert Hofstede – more or less by accident – got access to a large survey database about values and related sentiments of people in over 50 countries around the world. • These people worked in the local subsidiaries of one large multinational corporation: IBM. • Most parts of the organization had been surveyed twice over a four-year interval • Database contained more than 100,000 questionnaires.

  14. Smart solution II: • B.R. Barringer et al., (2005) A quantitative content analysis of the characteristics of rapid-growth firms and their founders , Journal of Business Venturing,20, 663–687 • „Guru” in management and entrepreneurship • Company data of smaller firms difficult to obtain • Secured access to the database containing short narratives of specified group of firms participating in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year contest • Compared randomly selected 50 high-growth with 50 slow-growth companies • Compared the findings with the literature • Made important contribution!

  15. Smart solution III: J.Hofmokl, Internet as the new common good, PHD in 2008, Warsaw University • PhD published as a book in 2009 in Polish, and the article in the International Journal of the Commons 2010 • Public (common) goods theory in social sciences • Internet considered as a common good but in a vague terms • Nobody addressed the issue of variety of Internet goods, at three layers: physical, logical and content • Smart solution: She analyzed the characteristics of 16 Internet goods through desk research and came up with interesting conclusions, contributing to the theory of Internet commons

  16. External data(deskresearch) • Use • For conductuing empirical (quantitative) research • For triangulation of data from other sources • Key sources • Data in the public domain (statistics) • In the private domain • Data type • Ready format • Processed for individual research purposes • Room for smart solutions!

  17. Employees and employersinthenon-agriculturalsectorin Poland in 2010 (000) Personsemployed 12 586 Employees 10 820 Working on ownaccount 1 690 Supportingfamilymembers 76 458 31 Employers 612 2 Ownaccount solo 1 078 31

  18. Tasks 1. Positioning your PHD on the Map of Science – next Workshop individual presentations 2. The 5 X 5 matrics: Global and Polish perspective 3. State of the art preview • Select very limited number of „state of the art” papers (1-3) and invest in thorough understanding of the content. Prepareshortsummary of thekeyconclusions.

  19. Practicaltools and methods • Positioning your PhD on the Map of (Management) Science • Defining your core level and immediate upper level • 5 x 5 matrics for research field mapping • Core/upper level „state of the art” preview • Core literature review template • Your first academic paper • Time allocation plan/PhD business plan template • PhD readiness checklist

  20. Initial literature review: Practical hints • Look for top internationalpublications first and thensearchPolishliterature • Look for most recent review articles as close as possible to your CORE field • Search initially in the top academic journals and NOT in books or trade journals • Checkavailability of academicjournalsspecializinginyour CORE field • Look for „special issues” devoted to your subject in the top journals

  21. Your first published academic paper • Legal requirement • Subject – linked with the PhD thesis • Size • Target journals (Section B) • http://www.nauka.gov.pl/lista-czasopism-punktowanych/lista-czasopism-punktowanych.html

  22. What’sinthe law? • USTAWA z dnia 14 marca 2003 r. o stopniach naukowych i tytule naukowym Art. 11. • Para 2. Warunkiem wszczęcia przewodu doktorskiego jest posiadanie wydanej lub przyjętej do druku: •  publikacji naukowej w formie książki, • lub •  co najmniej jednej publikacji naukowej w recenzowanym czasopiśmie naukowym o zasięgu co najmniej krajowym, określonym przez ministra właściwego do spraw nauki na podstawie przepisów dotyczących finansowania nauki, • lub • w recenzowanym sprawozdaniu z międzynarodowej konferencji naukowej.

  23. Arriving at the viable PhD concept • Identify pool of promising PhD subjects • Conduct initial literature review • Concepts, methodologies • Empirical research techniques • Check data availability Based on the above … • Check time availability • Assess the effectiveness of „PhD investment” – PHD Business Plan • Perform PhD Readinesscheck

  24. Assessment assignment • Positioning your PhD on the Map of (Management) Science • Defining your core level and immediate upper level • 5 x 5 matrics for research field mapping • Core/upper level „state of the art” preview • Core literature review template • Your first academic paper • Time allocation plan/PhD business plan template • PhD readiness checklist

  25. Q&A

  26. Issues for discussioncont. • 7. How do the PhD final exams (management, economics) look like? Are they oral or written? Do we know the topics that may appear at the exams? What language exam do the students from English program have? Is it English? • 8. How does the defense of PhD dissertation look like? Who is present during the defense? What are the requirements from the applicant?

  27. Practicaltools and methods • Positioning your PhD on the Map of (Management) Science • JEL classification • ABS UK Journal Classification • Defining your core level and immediate upper level • 5 x 5 matrics for research field mapping • Core/upper level „state of the art” preview • Core literature review template • PhD business plan template • PhD readiness checklist

  28. Coreliterature review template • Bird eye view approach • Searching for: • theoretical frameworks • key concepts • agreed terms and definitions used • But also … • research methods • operationalization of key variables • sources of data

  29. Issues for discussion • How should we contact the company that we are interested in as a firm for our qualitative research (interviews, observation, case-studies)? How to start this relation so that it has the most chances for success? (email, phone call, arranging a meeting (where?) Who should be the first person to contact with? • 2. When should we sign up Non-Disclosure Agreement? Do we have any available templates for Non-Disclosure Agreement? Who should sign this agreement from the company’s side? Should the University also sign it or just the PhD student? • 3. How does the procedure to apply for publishing our article look like? With whom should we contact? What should we know about publishing so that we won’t do any important mistakes?

  30. Issues for discussioncont. • 4. When is the best time to open/start dissertation procedure? After doing the research when we know the details and we are 100% sure that the subject wouldn’t change? Or rather before doing research so that we won’t do the research for nothing? • Can we cite directly in our dissertation or can we only paraphrase? What should be the proportion between citing, paraphrasing, writing our own conclusions, the research, the results of the research? How long should the dissertation be to meet required standards? Can we use in our dissertation charts or tables from other sources, or do we have to have  only our own charts/tables? • 6.What are the most recognized (well evaluated) structures of dissertations? For example (in short) : theoretical part + research + results of the research or thesis #1 with the research and results + thesis #2 with the research and results + thesis #3 with the research and results or other?

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